1. New Years eve and New Years Day is always a special day celebration for the hill people. They spend the night mostly on local nightclubs like Purple or with a live band at the Glenarys. Some spend it by drinking and merry making.
2. Around the middle of the month Nepalis celebrate Maghe Sankrati (first day of Nepali month Magh) by eating Tarool, tuber of various edible species of Dioscorea, known collectively as yam.
3. The end of January marks the end of the Tibetan Year. They have a festival to avert the negativity of the Old Year, and most of the Monasteries in the area will have Cham (Tibetan Dance) during this time of the year. In Thupten Sangag Choling Monastery (also known as Dali monastery) they have a special Chakrasambhara (Mandala) prayer where one can see the colourful Mandala made of brightly coloured powder.
4. 26th January is Indias Republic Day. This is a public holiday and different areas of Darjeeling celebrate this occasion with special programmes.
Places of intrest : Chowrastha: Natural History Museum:, Himalayan Zoological Park:, Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Himalayan Zoological Park, Observatory Hill:
